Anya Khansen, MAY 2026
Captured on film before
becoming a memory
case study
milano


The Bauhaus and International Style proposed a universal architectural language, applicable regardless of place or climate. Italian architects absorbed these lessons but rejected the premise itself. Ernesto Nathan Rogers' preesistenze ambientali held that any new building enters a historically layered context it must engage with, not erase. Vittorio Gregotti extended this into geography (territory, topography, climate) as the actual starting



The Bauhaus and International Style proposed a universal architectural language, applicable regardless of place or climate. Italian architects absorbed these lessons but rejected the premise itself. Ernesto Nathan Rogers' preesistenze ambientali held that any new building enters a historically layered context it must engage with, not erase. Vittorio Gregotti extended this into geography (territory, topography, climate) as the actual starting

The Bauhaus and International Style proposed a universal architectural language, applicable regardless of place or climate. Italian architects absorbed these lessons but rejected the premise itself. Ernesto Nathan Rogers' preesistenze ambientali held that any new building enters a historically layered context it must engage with, not erase. Vittorio Gregotti extended this into geography (territory, topography, climate) as the actual starting



The Bauhaus and International Style proposed a universal architectural language, applicable regardless of place or climate. Italian architects absorbed these lessons but rejected the premise itself. Ernesto Nathan Rogers' preesistenze ambientali held that any new building enters a historically layered context it must engage with, not erase. Vittorio Gregotti extended this into geography (territory, topography, climate) as the actual starting
monolitalia
il brutalismo, riscoperto

